we'll let you know when the heat's going to arrive, coming up. early in the commute. something that may be an issue as you come off the carquinez bridge. upper east shore, that's where my focus is now. live look outside at the bay bridge. neglected half of the bay bridge. the one that has the light show. the one that nobody's looking at anymore. i don't know why. it's wednesday, september 4th. this is "today in the bay." good morning. ninkz joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm marla tellez. laura and 0 jon have the morning off. breaking news in san leandro. despite desperate efforts by neighbors, one person has died in an overnight fire in a trailer home. fire started an hour ago at a trailer at grand avenue off interstate 580. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in san leandro

where investigators are looking for a cause. >> reporter: i just had a chance to speak with a neighbor at the trailer park. it was around 3:30 in the morning. she started smelling smoke and it just kept getting stronger and stronger. she knew something was wrong. she went outside with another neighbor and they saw smoke coming from a trailer in the front of this trailer park. they believe that an elderly woman was inside. they tell me they banged on the windows and doors. they asked if she was okay and they heard a voice. she said, no, i'm not okay. they say they broke windows and that's when smoke poured out of the trailer. they say they tried the door but it was locked, they couldn't get in. when they did break the door open, it was hard to get inside, there was boxes and paper and other things blocking their way. they didn't hear from that woman again. of course, they say they were also calling 911, trying to get firefighters here. firefighters say when they arrived, they found smoke and flames pouring out and in fact,

the neighbors did all they could but breaking windows may have actually made the situation actually possibly worse, meaning more smoke and flames came from inside of the trailer. again, they found a deceased person inside. firefighters haven't said whether this is a map or woman. they say they are trying to sort that out. neighbors tell us it was an elderly woman who lived inside. firefighters knocked it down quickly but it was just too late. the neighbors are also telling us they believe that this woman may have been disabled. it might have been difficult for her to get out. at this point, firefighters say they still don't have a cause. reporting live in san leandro, christie smith, "today in the bay." we could learn more about how convicted kidnapper ariel castro was able to kill himself inside his prison cell. he was found hanged last night, pronounced dead at the hospital. more on the investigation. >> an investigation news under

way into how castro was able to kill himself. he was supposed to be in protective custody. that mean his was being monitored every 30 minutes. but he was not on suicide watch. he did have the cell to himself. it's still not clear how he did it or what he may have used. castro was found hanging in his prison cell in southern ohio after 9:00 last night. the staff at the prison performed cpr. he was taken to a hospital in columbus, where he died around 11:00 last night. ariel castro was sentenced in august to life in prison, plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to 937 counts, including kidnapping, rape, and torture. he held three women captive for years in a home located in a cleveland neighborhood. that house was torn down a few weeks ago and has been replaced by a park. this morning, a lot of people in the community are applauding while there are looming questions as to how there could be a lapse in the system.

>> if anything but a suicide or it is a suicide, we're going to get to the bottom of it. no way we're going to let this go, especially in light of the fact it's been 30 days. >> you can see more of the interview with castro's attorney on the "today" show at 7:00. an investigation is under way into how ariel castro apparently killed himself into a cell in ohio weeks into his prison sentence. now, to an nbc bay area exclusive. just days before the 49ers kick off their regular season, one of the team's star player is facing a lawsuit. the suit comes against aldon smith, alleging an out of control house party involving guns and gangs at his home in san jose. bob redell live outside the team headquarters in santa clara with a story only on nbc bay area. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a story uncovered by nbc bay area's investigative unit. a civil lawsuit filed tuesday

here in santa clara county makes strong accusations against aldon smith and former 49 and current titan delaney walker. the plaintiff, esporlas claim his was shot twice, sustains serious and permits injuries but does not know exactly who the gun man was. this is the first public document to provide details of a party that took place june 29th last year up this road in the east san jose foothills at smith's 8,000-square foot home. the lawsuit says smith and walker, who were legally intoxicated, appeared on the balcony of smith's home and fired shots into the air in an apparent attempt to end the party. it goes on to say walker made his way to the driveway where he allegedly fired more shots into the air and towards others attending the party. the suit also claims both men knew the handguns were illegally possessed. nbc bay area cob tained pictures from neighbors showing crime

scene investigators camps outside smith's east san jose home. we are obtained the incident report from the san jose fire department which says victims were shot in the legs and thigh, that the suspects left in a vehicle down the hill and report goes on to include the words "gang related." yesterday smith's attorney will have no comment on the investigation. hoping to get a comment from walker, that was a call that was made after hours, that call was not returned. live here in santa clara, bob redell, today in the bay. the decorated british olympic sailor killed while practicing for the america's cup on the san francisco bay will be honored. i special mural in memory will be unveiled at the academy of art university in san francisco. a member of sweden's team was killed when the 72-foot catamaran capsized in may.

it broke into pieces, and sim e simpson trapped under the hull for ten minutes. the defending champion oracle usa being punishes by a sailing jury for cheating. the found guilty for making illegal weight modifications to their ac-45 during last year's events. the oracle team usa will start with a two-point deficit, meaning they need to win 11 races while new zealand needs nine wins. the three crew members were disqualified and oracle team fined $250,000. the harshest penalty in the 162-year history of the america's cup. america's cup kicks off saturday. san mateo county authorities test brand new tsunami sirens today. it could not come at a better time. several majorth quakes around the pacific ocean in the past 24

hours including 6.5 magnitude quakes off the coast of alaska and japan. how far, none of these quakes triggers tsunami warnings. but they are reminder of the 2011 earthquake in japan that sent a soourn crashing on to the california coast. images of cars trying to escape to higher ground in half moon bay are fresh on people's mind. that's what you're looking at here. san mateo county says the warning system was due for a replacement. the county has installed eight new sirens along the coast. rob mayeda will have a cooldown, then a heat up. talk about it. >> for now, we'll see the cooler part of the forecast forshire. seeing 50s and low 60s with patches of low clouds across the bay. strong onshore wind. notice those increasing this afternoon. that's going to keep inland temperatures down and the system responsible for ushering in a stronger sea breeze. once this low tracks inland across the pacific northwest, that's going to open the door for a region of high pressure

here around arizona to build back towards california and across the pacific high pressure as well. friday, notice a big jump in temperatures. today, comfortable. breezy at times. 80 san jose. 68 san francisco. 75 in oakland. similar temperatures by the way for tomorrow. but here comes friday. you see things heating up, ten-degree jump in inland temperatures. out to the coast, 70s and 80s. mid to upper 90s part of the weekend forecast with low clouds closer to the coastline. we'll see if the novel of the heat wears off. does the new bay bridge have novelty to it? >> it does. we'll see if it was popular as yesterday. look like all morning people heading there to drive across it during that first day. we had metering lights into the afternoon and the afternoon commute. 880 through fremont, easy drive. there's that bay bridge, incline

moving smoothly. i want to give the existing span, let's not say older span, equal time. people haven't xwn gibeen givin much attention. looking at east shore freeway, that not a problem. small fire reported west 80 at cutting boulevard. no lanes blocked but there may be activity, watch westbound toward the merge and the golden gate field area. coming off the carquinez bridge, earlier stall not a problem. we don't see slowing. slowing north of the toll plaza. but no big deal there. things are clearing south 880 and oak. earlier disabled rig making its way off of the freeway. >> if the other part of the bay bridge could speak it would say, thank you, mike. >> you're welcome. 5:10. employee at a major south bay hospital arrested for embezzlement. watch for watches. new trend in high-tech begins with a big announcement from

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welcome back. 5:13. the latest buzz in consumer electronics, the smart watch. we should see the first one from samsung later this morning. >> good morning. i'll tell you, i'm mystified by tech trends and the smart watch is one of those times. apple, google, samsung said to be pursuing one. we may see samsung's as soon as this morning. this is video from samsung's last big unveiling last spring. the company will unveil new products in berlin this morning. 11:00 a.m. our time. samsung expected to start adding extra security to its android powered phones after reports showed 80% of all virus attacks on mobile devices were abled at android. iphone was a fraction of 1%.

linkedin will offer more shares in the company to investors. they want to raise another $1 billion apapers filed, it gives no purpose for fund-raising. it's possible they have a purchase in mind. the stock structure will leave the founder with 60% of votes. he's still in charge. investors do not like these secondary offerings. it dilutes the overall value. it's like playing poker, halfway through the evening someone comes up with a new stack of chips. good morning, bertha. >> good morning. we've got the futures lower here. the market started off september with a modest rally. stocks rising early on upbeat manufacturing data out of the u.s. and europe. but then paring gains after obama call for a congressional vote on his plan for limited military vote in syria. boehner offered support for the

plan. we'll be watching syria with two more hearings, one in the house, one in the senate, and the senate foreign relation committee putting forth a resolution. data on the trade deficit and a report on the fed, on the beige book. the dow rising 23 points to 14833. the nasdaq up 22 to 3612. i'm with you on the smart watches. i can't really imagine why i'd want one but then again i remember ten years ago saying how are you going to get a camera and the e-mail and also other stuff on a phone. >> it can't be done. >> you want it do one thing well, right? >> exactly right. >> i'm not the visionary others are. >> i'm with you 100%. bertha coombs live in new york city. apple will hold its announcement here in america and china. apple says in addition to that september 10th product unveille

here in california, there's a september 11th product unveiling in beijing. it's thought apple's going to announce a cheaper iphone here and there. designed for emerging markets, china, a huge emerging market. and this is where a lot of these new iphones will be sold. >> iphone 6? >> no, this is the iphone cheap. this is the iphone small somewhere plasticy, we think, we think. not better, cheaper. this would go brazil, india, china. >> thank you, scott. rob mayeda right now. a forecast that's moving around. >> it is. temperatures comfortable. 50s and 60s outside. patchy, low clouds. you will notice sea breeze turning stronger this afternoon. breezy this morning cards the carquinez strait, fairfield, southwest winds at 20. should be gorgeous for baseball. early afternoon game here. oakland taking on the texas rangers. the battle for the a.l. west

continues. a's now a game back out of first. dar v darvish and parker. first pitch 12:35. west coast view, a weather system passing by to the north. active weather in the pacific northwest. that system for now is holding off the heat wave as the system kind of brushes by to the north today. it's going to keep a strong push of onshore winds. by the weekend, yet stream moves to the north. high pressure builds in. 90s inland and 70s and 80s towards the coast. you can escape the heat by heading down highway 17 through the weekend. today near 80 in san jose. speaking of santa cruz, 83, nice for the afternoon. tri-valley, numbers in the mid-80s. hit the temperatures by 2:00. 3:00, 4:00, good strong sea breeze kicking in to cool off the inland temperatures. around the north bay, temperatures in the low 80s this afternoon. 68 san francisco.

mid-70s in oakland. one of the cooler days over the next seven days. the temperatures jumping up, friday, maybe a slight cooldown tomorrow. but friday and beyond, the heat is back in the bay area. mid to upper 90s for the weekend in our valleys. 70s and 80s near the coast. take your pick. back to 9s, everything covered around the bay area this weekend. >> we have our selection. find your speed, a bit of a selection. here toward the tracy area, off of 205, we talked about this all of the altamont pass, slowing. bottling up where the two freeways meet. traditional pattern. average speeds coming down toward 47 miles per hour. bulk of the slowing here at altamont pass. a live look here where a couple of minutes lights should be on. screen shot, this here westbound traffic. still right through the same area, build starts to happen toward livermore. by the time into livermore and

dublin, you have mild slowing. traffic flow starting to bill. speeds below 60. 84 not showing any problems now. but the bill is on -- build is on. the south bay, easy flow. north bound ruoutes, a good flo of traffic starting to build past the airport. live look for san jose. north 101, good steady flow. this will build over the first half hour. another live look, peninsula. 101 through palo alto, no major issues. toll plaza, cash lanes are open. fas-trak and hov, no problem at the toll. 5:19. a former san jose doctor facing charges of stealing money that was meant for cancer research. he used to work as a radiologist at valley medical center. accused of embezzling more than $46,000 in federal grant money intended to reimburse valley med

for a research study of cancer patients. investigators believe he spent some money on credit card bills and his parents' mortgage. he turned himself in to police next week. san jose poised to put more police officers on the streets. city council tentatively approved a plan to add 200 officers over 4 years and restore a 10% pay cut officers took during the recession. the association says the time frame is too long and the plan is full of empty promises. the new plan will cost the city $50 million per year. now is your chance to score two tickets to the fries.com open, for free, sort of. golf fans doing shopping at santa na row in san jose two free tickets to the tournament as long as you purchase $250 or more with a gift card to the

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good morning. we take you live to santa clara as we give you a look at the future home of our san francisco 49ers. levi's stadium in all its glory. the 49ers dealing with a bit of legal trouble, one of the defensive stars, aldon smith, facing a civil lawsuit. we'll talk about that in an exclusive nbc bay area news

report. bob redell's covering that story for you. a construction company in london says it has a temporary fix for a skyscraper that melted a car. the skyscraper, nicknamed walkie-talkie in london's financial district. a local man says the glare from the new building so intense that it melted part of his jaguar when he left it parked on the street for a couple hours. the developer working on the building says the problematic glare lasts two hours a day and is expected to continue for two or three weeks because of the sun's position in the sky. in the meantime, the developer has made plans to put a temporary screen to block the glare from the street below. >> screen block on a building. >> i throughout it was bad if my lipstick got melted. no apologies from senator mccain though caught playing poker on his iphone during the hearing on syria. the arizona senator playing

poker. mccain is not apologizing. he fessed up, he tweeted, scandal! caught playing iphone game at three-plus hour senate hearing. worst of all, i lost! >> he took it in stride. 3 1/2 hours a long time. sometimes i get bored. >> did what he had to do. meteorologist rob mayeda, are you on your iphone playing poker now? look at that. yes, he is. >> rob won, that's the difference. >> we were watching the weather here, both on tv and on twitter right now. take a look how things are later on this afternoon. 70s and 80s around the bay area. 68 san francisco. 80 san jose. temperatures next couple of days, not much change. oh, there is a big change friday and saturday. the heat's coming back friday into weekend. mid to upper 90s on the way. >> look for mid to upper 90s. over here towards the bay bridge, easy drive.

look at that around that gentle bend. tv show, wasn't it with a bear? talking gentle ben. folks have to wikipedia it. remember that? thank you, terry. smooth flow of traffic. as it starts to build. a lot more headlights southbound. good news. the construction crews cleared. so has the disabled big rig through down tonight. north bay with traffic bumping up over the last five minutes. though areas are at the limit, we're looking at a heavier volume of traffic. we'll see that start to kick in over the next 10 to 15. >> thanks so much. 5:26. santa clara could be without its ambulance provider. what the current provider's saying about its contract. new video just in of a fire at a local elementary school. firefighters forced to rescue no a number of animals. we take you live to cleveland, ohio. this is the former site of the home of ariel castro.

he was found dead in his prison cell late last night in cleveland. and it's a story we are following for you. he's the man convicted of holding three women captive for almost a decade. ariel castro dead in his prison cell.

overnight fire in san leandro claims the life of an elderly woman trapped inside a trailer. what neighbors did to try to help. plus, 49ers star accused of shooting a partygoer at his south bay home. new, exclusive details. >> 50s and 60s. get ready for big changes. upper 90s in the seven-day forecast. inside what i hope is your climate control car, look over here towards traffic moving smoothly on 101. the build is on. how that wednesday commute is

shaping up. we take you live to san francisco. this is from our emeriville camera. you can see the new eastern span of the bay bridge. so pretty. like to look that the. >> gorgeous. to drive under it, amazing. >> have you done it? >> i have. >> i still need to do that. maybe i will on wednesday, september 4th. this is "today in the bay." >> i need to get out more often. 5:30. i'm marla tellez. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. breaking news out of san leandro. investigators looking into the cause of a deadly trailer fire. flames erupted 3:30, grand avenue, off interstate 580. christie smith live with how neighbors tried to save the person inside that trailer. >> reporter: good morning to you. those neighbors are shaken up this morning and in tears.

they tell me that they did all they could to save an elderly woman who lived in the trailer here behind me, it's behind this fence. you can see, they call it trailer number one. they say they did all they could to save this woman but it was too late. firefighters are on scene, along with san leandro police. the area cordoned off on grand avenue. 3:00 this morning neighbors in the trailer park started getting a strong smell of smoke. they realized that a front trailer was on fire. they didn't see flames at the time just a lot of smoke. he yelled to the woman, are you okay, she said no. they started breaking windows and trying to get in to help but the fire was getting worse and worse. more smoky. they say the front door of the trailer was locked. >> grabbed it to open, but there's locks. i never seen locks like that in the trailer. she has locks on her door. must have been in the back. the second window, that's the

one i was breaking. >> reporter: you broke the window, broke the door, you couldn't get her out. >> i couldn't get her out. too much smoke. >> reporter: she tells us she hurt her hand on the broken glass from that window. firefighters have not confirmed yet to us who lived in the trailer, man or woman. neighbors say an elderly woman what who may have had disables and that's why she's not able to get out. firefighters are on scene. they still do not know how it started. reporting live in san leandro, christie smith, "today in the bay." firefighters trying to figure out what sparked a fire on the ground in newark overnight. this happened at james l. bunker elementary school on smith avenue between birch and cherry streets. firefighters tell us the fire started in a home on the ground where a caretaker lived.

no word on any injuries but. a chief on scene telling our photographer several animals in the home that had to be rescue sthood memorial service held for one of the women killed in a crash near the san jose airport. remembered at st. patrick's church in downtown san jose. the families gathers for a prayer vigil at the corner of first street and skyport where the women were killed. the driver who hit them yet to be found. nbc bay area exclusive. just days before the 49ers kick off their regular season one of the star players is facing a lawsuit. the suit comes against linebacker aldon smith and former 49 walker alleging an out of control house party involving guns and gangs at smith's home in san jose. "today in the bay's" bob redell live outside the stadium with the story only on nbc bay area. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a story that nbc bay

area's investigative unit first uncovered. in the lawsuit filed tuesday, it makes strong accusations against all pro linebacker lp and former 49 and current titan, delaney walker the plaintiff, a man named ron dole esporlas shot twice but doesn't know who the gunman was. the party took place june 29th last year, up the road in the east san jose foothills at smith's 8,000 square foot home. the lawsuit says smith and walker, who were legally intoxicated, appeared on the balcony of smith's home and fired shots into the air in an effort to end the party. walker made his way to the driveway where he allegedly fired more shots into the air and towards others attending the party. the suit claims both men knew

the handguns were illegally possessed. nbc bay area obtained these pictures from neighbors showing crime scene investigators camps outside smith's home. we have obtains the incident from the san jose fire department which says victims were shot in the legs and the thigh, the suspects left in a vehicle down the hill. the report includes the word "gang related". on the phone yesterday smith's attorney told nbc bay area smith will have no comment on the pending litigation. our station also reached out to the tennessee titans hoping to get comment from walker, a call made after-hours that has yet to be returned. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> santa clara county's troubled ambulance provider wants out of its contract. the "mercury news" reports rural metro corp planning to cut its contract. the chief says the company would

likely bid on a new contract if freed from its current one with the county. the officials will not consider any rebidding unless the board of supervisors agrees. rural hmetro has come under fir for late response times and poorly maintained crews. fighting the spread of the deadly west nile virus, crews fogging for mosquitos near north san jose. they'll be focusing 0 the area between charcon avenue, highway 101. north also in milpitas, crews will fog along interstate 680. officials say adult moss skeet toes in san jose and milpitas tested positive for the west nile virus. 5:36. those heading out the door now, let's check in with rob mayeda and see what conditions you'll be up for. >> right now you can see the bay bridge nice and clear behind

you. after the natural fogging that's going on around this morning, that's napa and vallejo, visible down to a quarter mile. cooler this morning, 50s, low 60s. sea breeze out there strong into fairfield. across the carquinez bridge, you may notice that and venetia, too. into livermore a weather system passing by to the north that's going to strengthen the sea breeze. for the next two days, mild temperatures before high pressure starts to build back towards the bay area. that's going to allow temperatures jump up starting friday. -- 68 san francisco. next few day comfortable. next two days. and then the heat cranks up inland. 90s for the valley starting friday. upper 90s saturday. low 90s into the beginning of next week. >> talking about what you spoke about for the north bay, first start in the bay bridge toll

plaza and the backup. backup we see the cash lanes are the issue. that's typical. we should see metering lights turned on in the next 10 to 15 minutes. yesterday turned around about now, after this report. watch for the same. keeping metering lights looks like slower to keep traffic on the bridge lighter. we'll watch the east shore freeway and the approach. east shore freeway moves smoothly. slowing toward the berkeley curve below 16 miles per hour. watch for a similar but lighter flow of traffic. earlier fire on the side of the freeway has been clears, crews said there was no smoke, so no issue. not smoke but fog. american canyon, napa, orange section on the map, traffic and weather maps tied together, highway 29. you'll see slowing through american canyon. towards fremont, 880 slowly.

5:38. president is in europe meeting with the prime minister of sweden as we speak april live report next. the man who kidnapped three cleveland girls holding them captive for more than a decade found dead inside his prison cell. what a lawyer for one of those captives is saying this morning. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for

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5:41. president obama will visit russia tomorrow for the g-20 summit but this morning niece sweden. air force once touched down at international airport in stockholm overnight. while in sweden, president obama is expected to focus on climate change, trade, and technology. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live on capitol hill with more now. good morning. >> good morning. remember, it was the sweden trip that came up after the president decided to cancel his one-on-one with russian president putin. now, this morning as the

president visits sweden, talks about those issues, we're also hearing from putin who says he hasn't ruled out supporting military action in syria. with the president overseas and headed to the g-20, syria still seems to be the overarching issue, despite the fact that this g-20 summit is supposed to be about the economy. it's syria that the president is going to get consensus on. particularly with france. we understand president obama has a won on one with the french president. he's been open to possible military strikes. congress here debates whether or not they're going to authorize that, the president today is overseas, first in sweden, and then in russia, trying to get more backing from the international community. >> we will see the outcome. thanks so much into the president could get key backing today for military strike in syria. the senate foreign relations committee expected to approve a measure supporting a military

strike. republicans and democrats back a no troops on the grounder action in retaliation for alleged chemical weapons attacks. obama administration says there's been more than a dozen chemical weapon strikes on the syrian people. yesterday secretary of state kerry told the senate foreign relations committee, syrian president assad's regime would continue to use chemical weapons. again its people against the u.s. --less the u.s. takes action. putin is warning the west against taking action in syria. he'll support a u.n. resolution on military strikes if there's evidence to back it up, will not support one-sided action by the u.s. putin hopes he and obama will have serious discussions on syria in st. petersburg this week. we could learn more about how convicted kidnapper ariel castro was able to kill himself inside his prison cell. he was found hanked last night and pronounced dead at the hospital.

ariel castro was in protective custody that means he was monitored every 30 minutes. he was not on suicide watch which would have meant constant observation. a lot of questions to how he apparently killed himself and what he may have used. sentenced in early august to life in prison, plus 1,000 years for the kidnapping, rape, torture of three women. he held them captive over a decade in cleveland, ohio. that home was torn down a few weeks ago and a park has been put up in its place. castro was found hanging in his prison cell in ohio after 9:00 last night. the staff performed cpr and taken to a hospital in columbus where he died around 11:00 last night. after his initial arrest, closely watched in the county jail but taken off of suicide watch after authorities determined he was not a suicide risk. >> i saw the news accounts this morning that i know that they

said that they do protective custody searches every 30 minutes of the cell, but we'll find out exactly what happened. i understand that the public in general's going to say, good riddance. but this is a human being. we are in a civilized society. we expect that the person will be protected when they're institutionalized. >> the attorney for one of the three women, michelle knight, just released a statement saying michelle will not have a comment on the death of ariel castro. none of the women will be commenting on the situation. again, investigation is under way this morning into ariel castro's apparent suicide at a correctioning center near columbus, ohio. arturo santiago, "today in the bay." meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina loren. and we have some 50s and 60s. cooler than it has been the last couple of days. >> you know, especially the north bay. fog there around napa, down to 50. you need a nice, thick coat if

you're going to take the kids off to school around marin county, sonoma, you can see that. 61 san jose. 62 san pa ma and livermore. things have cooled off. short term that is the story. we'll see enough of a sea breeze to keep temperatures mile inland. you can see wins out of the southwest at 20 miles per hour into fairfield this morning. at the ballpark, earlier start to the game coming up after 12:35. a's versus rangers. a's try to get back into first place. see temperatures in the 70s as the game goes on. winds picking up after 3:00. system passing by to the north going to keep high pressure at bay for the next two days. strong sea breeze keeping inland temperatures into the 70s to low 80s. jet stream moves off to the north, marine layer squished to the coast, 70s and 80s near the seasho seashore. mid to upper 90s inland as we

approach saturday. 83 degrees in santa cruz. nice day to head down highway 17. more of that as we go through the weekend. 88 in pleasanton. low to mid-80s around walnut creek and pleasant hill. towards alameda, 73. and san francisco today, 68 degrees. and low 80s into the north bay this afternoon. three-day forecast shows things mild. breezy at times. temperatures tart to climb on up there friday, saturday into the weekend, mid to upper 90s. areas of coastal fog, we'll watch winds on saturday in the hills for the possibility of fire danger. those winds turn offshore to start the weekend. here, safely to the side, look at that, that car right there, one car, caused aall of the cars to backup down the east shore freeway, west shore 80 approaching ashby.

that, the traffic break lasted three minutes. i couldn't get the recording quick enough to show that. this results in a traffic getting loose heading towards the bay bridge, maze, berkeley curve. the toll plaza, metering lights have been turned on. fas-trak laned backed up. the cash lanes will start backing up as the brunt of the commute down the east shore freeway makes its way to the toll plaza. hov lanes clears. this is the packup that started and will continue because you saw the ripple effect, the stop ripples up toward golden gate field. the rest of the maze smoothly towards the bay bridge. tri-valley, west 580 and westbound 84 through livermore. 680 not a problem dune through pleasanton and sunol. san mateo bridge, bill in volume. dumbarton bridge, moving nicely.

here 101 northbound the slow down we see. rest of the freeways building in the northbound. slowing on 101 because look at live shot, cars coming in now. burst of traffic through the area. live look out at san jose, northbound 110 -- 101 had a slowdown. things are calming down. sensors are changing. beautiful flow of traffic. i love to see cars. >> gorgeous, mike. sentencing for convicted killer joseph naso will begin. he was found guilty of killing four women. murders happened in 1970s and 90s in northern california. he acted as his own attorney during the trial. family members of the victim says they hope he gets the death penalty. whether an undocumented immigrant can get his law license in the state, sergio garcia passes the bar exam four years ago but not able it get

his law license because he came to the u.s. illegally as a child. garcia has taken the issue to the california supreme court. he has the backing of attorney general harris and the state board of bar examiners but the obama administration has urges the court not to grant garcia a law license, saying it would conflict with current laws. a new bill banning teens from texting and driving is headed to the governor's desk. the current law allows drive ofs to text if they use hands-free method no matter the age. the new law would clarify drivers under 18 prohibited using cell phone while driving no matter what. hundreds of chickens ready to take flight headed across country. new type of migration? we'll explain. a look at a beige book, it can be exciting.

right knew, live look. this is president obama, he is speakingstockholm, sweden, at a ceremony honoring a swedish diplomat. this is at the great synagogue where the president is giving remarks. in the next day the president will be traveling to st. petersburg, russia, for the g-20 summit. >> i'll bring back my family.

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1100 for the birds to be flown up new york where they will be disputed to animal rescue groups. it takes flight tonight at 5:00. 15 years ago today, two guys got together to invent the back rub. scott mcgrew, they chaengd the name. >> they called it the back rub. later google. they spelled it wrong. google was and is a real word but it doesn't have an "e." google turns 15 years old today. the company was formed september 4th, 1998. around the same time we saw the first google doodle showing the founders out of the office, burning man. you can see burning man in the middle. the idea for putting a playful picture on the logo was born that day. the second doodle celebrated bastille day. we get information on new

car sales in berlin, sony and samsung showing off new phones, maybe a samsung watch as well. a closer look at american economy at the beige book. it's kind of interesting. first, it's not beige. though it used to be. it's not a book at all now. it's transmitted electronically. secondly a collection of anecdotal evidence how the economy's doing a "reader's digest" in the united states of money. the fed said here in the bay area we were buying more furniture to put in houses we're buying. pet supplies were suffering. there's a severe shortage of geologists in the bay area. i assume because of all of the discussion of fracking and things going down in the monterey shale. interesting anecdotes. when we get the new beige book, we'll give you all of the beigeness. >> the idea google called back rub. i could use a back rub. >> and use google as well.

>> thank you. rob mayeda, what's going on weather-wise. >> near 50 now napa. for the rest of the morning, temperatures will warm through lunchtime, you'll see 12:00, 1:00, already 70s and 80s inland. by 6:00 sea breeze will turn strong. short term, little bit of cooling before the warming trend arrives friday and for the weekend. mid to upper 90s saturday and sunday. >> here toward the east shore freeway. headlights westbound, that's the backup that formed after the traffic break. a couple minutes long. but traffic did back up. university avenue, overcrossing in the headlights there you go, slowest point. slow around the berkeley curve and heading around the toll plaza, metering lights turned on at 5:44. before our 5:55 for a wednesday. pattern may be they might have the lights slower and turned on

earlier to keep traffic from being built up on the upper span. folks are getting distracted by the beautiful view. south bay. no big surprises. 5:57. community coming together. great story coming up. south bay high school gets much-needed help from unexpected sources to make sure its football season goes on as planned. the latest from san leandro where an early morning fire at a trailer park turned deadly. christie smith on scene talking to firefighters and neighbors. new update next. unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little.

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gun, knives and two high profile football players. new details only on nbc bay area about the out of control party that could send 49er and his former teammate to court. seeing 48 grows with fog in napa this morning. chilly start. a hotter looking seven-day forecast ahead. i'll have a look at changes coming up. tougher to see in the north. you can see the slowdown here as the bay bridge metering lights kick on early. we have that slowdown for the new eastern span. we'll follow the new pattern, coming up. live look outside at san jose. you can see the sun coming up. lights twinkling. a warming trend on the way. wednesday, september 4th. this is "today in the bay." good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >>